Back-pedal feat

2005-07-08T00:00:00

Boots recently received perhaps the most bizarre press release in living memory. Sent by design watchdog Architecture & Design Scotland, the memo revealed that 55-year-old chief executive Sebastian Tombs had cycled from Edinburgh to Glasgow — backwards. Guided by shouts from his 18-year-old daughter, Rowena, Tombs had covered 58 miles ...